The Adventures of Cain & Yurk: Page 04

The startling, earth-shattering conclusion of our (first?) Cain and Yurk tale! What a huge inconvenience for poor ol’ Cain! Maybe if Yurk’s in a good mood he’d be willing to share?

Eh, probably not. These Canid/Ermehn friendships can be pretty treacherous!

Anyway! With this, our initial foray into Nessa is complete, and we’ll begin to dive into the main arc of Song of the Eastern Sands starting the week after next (with a title page next week for the chapter, as per our usual modus operandi). Jerome and I are both incredibly excited to begin the main event!

As a bit of a celebration of Cain and Yurk’s entry into Western Deep canon, I figured I would share a fun little mini-comic brought to us by longtime reader and contributor, Saraa Luna (based on a separate unrelated comic that made the internet rounds a while back)! Readers have had some fun with the “bromance” between Cain and Yurk, and this comic is no different.

Thank you SO much for all your amazing (and occasionally hilarious, as demonstrated by the above) artwork, Saraa! It’s always fun seeing our characters through your lens :)

Another special surprise this week! In addition to Space Miner Wars being released on iOS, Dust: An Elysian Tail, which I helped to write, was ALSO released on iOS at the same time! To celebrate the release, creator Dean Dodrill drew up a fun little comic — his first comic in quite a while, actually. I helped with the wordsmithing, and I think the result is pretty great!

Lol XD – Can you imagine the duel Dakkan and Quinlan VS. Cain and Yurk XD? with swords would be a bit of a fragile thing :/ , so I think that a better match up would be that one (and I think that Yurk will glad/so happy XD) .:

Don’t worry, if Cain gets fed up with these madcap antics he can always dispossess Yurk of his home, food and belongings and banish him to a frozen wasteland,
unable to return on pain of death,
persecuted and confined to the lowest rungs of the hierarchy of needs,
bereft of culture and education,
hope and dignity,
security, justice and a sense of purpose,
ground down a little more each day by the cold attrition of hardship until only a savage husk remains where once there was a person.
HA HA HA HA!!!!

Haha – I mean duel on drinking bear and Vodka – who have more powerful head (I guess that Yurk has great chances of winning after Tamian wine XD haha XD )

Hahah XD Tress – that wolud be explained why this conflict was started –

After drive out Yurk by Cain to the ice land, they became enemies. They both were married, and have childrens, and teaching their children that “it was his fault”, and this childrens have childrens, etc. and many years later all the time childrens of this childrens hear this version ask “Why?..” .: Canid version “Yurk laughed from us and did silly jokes -.- ” / Ermehn version “Canid haven’t sense of humor”

GREAT second panel here. Good work, Jerome! Thanks for entertaining us so, and look forward to a lot more from you in the weeks ahead! (Trust me, you and Alex are far from the only ones excited by the prospect of “SotES.”)

You helped write Dust? Wow! I loved that game! Although I always did wonder how fast Dust’s matabolism had to be to stay fighting trim when I was hitting the button to hork down enough chicken, steak, and cake to kill a horse after ever battle.

I was…pretty bad at blocking….<.<

Poor guy…doing all those flips and and high speed jumps while stuffed with food…

But yes! I love how Yurk doesn't even appologize for it. He just keeps on eating. Lovely little stoat person :3

Lol XD haha XD I was expecting something different but this is really funny too – and their faces XD (Cain’s face “Are you kidding me?…” – the best XD ) – and next confirmation of the fact that I’d be Ermehn – Yurk has a similar line of thinking like me XD XD I like him bro XD
Just I love these both XD :D Cool idea for a brief introduction ^^ :D And of course, I can’t wait to start the main action ^^ :D

Hmm… You don’t need look for Tamian wine – you can drink any kind of wine For example now I drink delicious white sweet wine – “Matka Boska Niebieska”/”Liebfraumilch” – and I See Ermehn face without any problem C: XD So I recommend it… :) Anyway – Cherrs for you all my friends :)

Mmm :/ I feel sorry for you – but that is good that we culturally drink wine, just we want see face of Ermehn ;) ^^ – But If you would see second Ermehn I recommend Vodka ( I don’t druk it yet but I know that when you drink it you can see second Ermehn :) ;) Sometimes even three or more 0.0 ;) )

Mmm :/ I feel sorry for you – but that is good that we culturally drink wine, just we want see face of Ermehn ;) ^^ – But If you would see second Ermehn I recommend Vodka ( I don’t druk it yet but I know that when you drink it you can see second Ermehn :) ;) Sometimes even three or more 0.0 ;) )

Bevan, having seen what happens when Hardin plans assaults on Canid outposts, instead went on to become Dunia’s greatest artist of the cloth. In a recent interview with the Vulpin Master of Textiles at an undisclosed location, he unveiled his newest, most perfected, unprecedented collection: Bushtail. By chance, a passing Quinlan had somehow been wrangled into modeling.

Vulpin MoT: “So, Quinlan-dear, this fabulous winter raiment within you’ve needlessly confined yourself at the middle of the blistering Desert of Zin. Who are you wearing?”

Quinlan: *cannot reply as Tamian tail is senselessly, or shall we say, artistically wrapped around his muzzle like a scarf*

Benan: “That would be Janik.”

Vulpin MoT: *pats Quinlan’s stunned face* “I’m so sorry…she was such a beautiful, intellectual Tamian…but now you can take her everywhere! Two Bushtails trouncing about the desert; it’s ‘so’ romantic I’m gonna die!

Lovely use of expressions here. It really gets emotions and feelings across. I also like the way Cain draws out his friend’s name- it almost implies that this was not entirely unexpected. I like that the final shot pans over Nessa- reminding us of what’s coming next.